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Another Pleasant Valley To-do List

Nathan Strum

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So... it's been another two years since the last list.

Stuff has been happening, I just haven't posted updates in awhile. So I thought this would be a good time to reboot the list again. Clean out the old stuff. Donate unused items to Goodwill. That sort of thing.

Latest updates are in red.

Homebrews in development:

  • Zeviouz (was "Starts with a 'Z'")*
    Game graphics: In progress.
    Development status: Active development.
    5-9-20: New homebrew project.
    5-23-20: First pass at graphics completed.
    8-18-20: "Starts with a 'Z'" officially announced as Chris Walton's port of Xevious.
     
  • Frantic
    AtariVox voices: First pass complete.
    Development status: Active development.
    8-18-20: Added to "Homebrews in development" list. First pass at AtariVox voices complete.
     
  • Robotron: 2084 (was "Ambidextrous")*
    Game graphics: In progress.
    Development status: Active development.
    3-23-20: New homebrew project.
    4-14-20: First pass at graphics completed.
    5-13-20: "Ambidextrous" officially announced as Champ Games' port of Robotron: 2084.
     
  • Champ Sports Baseball (was "Trash Can")*
    Game graphics: Early development.
    Development status: Early development.
    2-2-20: New homebrew project.
    4-9-20: "Trash Can" officially announced as Champ Games' first sports title: Champ Sports Baseball.
     
  • Gorf Arcade (was "Neville")*
    Game graphics: In progress.
    AtariVox voices: In progress.
    Development status: Early development.
    4-2-19: New homebrew project.
    9-16-19: "Neville" officially announced     as a Champ Games port of Gorf! (And yes - it will have all five screens!)
    10-30-19: First pass at graphics completed.
    2-23-20: First pass at AtariVox voices completed.
     

Completed homebrews:

  • Zoo Keeper
    Game graphics: Mostly complete.
    Box, label and manual artwork: In progress.
    Development status: Release candidate.
    11-29-18: New homebrew project.
    9-27-19: Animated the sprites that run vertically up and down the sides of the zoo    .
    10-19-19: First public, playable demo shown at the     2019 Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
    2-1-20: Zoo Keeper won the 2019 Atari Homebrew Award for Best Work-In-Progress.
    6-17-20: Label concept and rough illustration completed.
    8-18-20: Box artwork . Manual in-progress.
    12-8-20: Zoo Keeper now available for sale in the .
    1-15-21: Zoo Keeper for the 3rd Annual Atari Homebrew Awards: Best Homebrew Port, Best Graphics (Port), Best Music & Sound (Port) and Best Packaging.
    2-6-21: Zoo Keeper won Best 2600 Homebrew (Port), Best graphics (Port), and Best Music + Sound (Port) in the 3rd Annual Atari Homebrew Awards.
     
  • Venture Reloaded
    Label artwork: In progress.
    Development status: Release candidate.
    2-27-20: New homebrew project.
    5-31-20: Label concept and rough illustration completed.
    8-18-20: Box artwork . Manual in-progress
    12-8-20: Venture Reloaded now available for sale in the AtariAge store.
     
  • Aardvark
    Game graphics: Finished.
    Box, label and manual artwork: Finished.
    Development status: Finished.
    11-12-17: Added to homebrew list.
    6-6-18: New aardvark animation in progress.
    6-10-18: Insect sprites in progress.
    7-4-18: Label sketches in progress.
    10-8-18: Preliminary labels and banners completed for Aardvark's preview at     PRGE.
    4-2-19: Revised label artwork in progress.
    6-1    2-19: Label, box and manual artwork are finished.
    10-19-19: Aardvark released and available for sale at the     2019 Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
    12-8-19: Aardvark now available in the AtariAge store.
    2-1-20: Aardvark won the 2019 Atari Homebrew Award for Best Graphics. (I neglected to mention it won last year for best Work-In-Progress.)
     
  • Amoeba Jump
    Box, label and manual artwork: Finished.
    Development status: Finished.
    3-23-19: New homebrew project.
    6-1    2-19: Label, box and manual artwork are finished.
    10-19-19: Amoeba Jump released and available for sale at the     2019 Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
    12-8-19: Amoeba Jump now available in the AtariAge store.
    2-1-20: Amoeba Jump won the 2019 Atari Homebrew Award for Best Homebrew ≤4K.
     
  • Galagon (was "Lightman")*
    Game graphics: Finished.
    Development status: Finished.
    4-2-19: New homebrew project.
    5-15-19: "Lightman" officially announced     as a Champ Games port of Galaga. Game graphics are mostly complete.
    7-    4-19: Galaga renamed to Galagon.
    10-19-19: Galagon released and available for sale at the     2019 Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
    12-8-19: Galagon now available in the AtariAge store.
    2-1-20: Galagon won the 2019 Atari Homebrew Award for Best Homebrew.
     
  • Wizard of Wor Arcade (was "Linus and Lucy")*
    Game graphics: Finished.
    Development status: Finished.
    3-2-18: Added to homebrew list.
    3-16-18: Sprites and title screen completed.
    6-25-18: Graphics added to WIP build.
    9-13-18: "Linus and Lucy" officially announced as an all-new port of     Wizard of Wor.
    10-19-19: Wizard of Wor Arcade released and available for sale at the 2019     Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
    12-8-19: Wizard of Wor Arcade now available in the     AtariAge store.
    2-1-20: Wizard of Wor Arcade won the 2019 Atari Homebrew Award for Best Music & Sound.
     
  • Mappy
    Game graphics: Finished.
    Box, label and manual artwork: Finished.
    Development status: Finished.
    10-31-17: New homebrew project.
    12-1-17: "Dueling Banjos" officially announced as a port of the arcade game Mappy.
    3-7-18: Sprites completed.
    6-4-18: Label sketches in progress.
    9-27-18: Final label and box artwork revealed leading up to PRGE release.
    10-10-18: Manual completed.
    11-4-18: Mappy is now available for sale in the AtariAge store.
    2-23-19: Mappy won the 2018 Atari Awards for: Best Programming, Best Technical Achievement, Best Packaging, Best Graphics, Best Music and Sound, and Best Homebrew!


Homebrews previously in development, but currently on hold:

  • Elevator Action (was "Otis")*
    Game graphics: In progress.
    Development status: On hold due to issues with Bus Stuffing driver.
    11-18-15: New homebrew project.
    1-27-17: First pass done on title screen graphics, character sprites are in progress.
    3-15-17: Character sprites mostly finished.
    11-2-18: "Otis" revealed to be John Champeau's port of Elevator Action.
     
  • Boom (was "Black Squirrel")*
    Game graphics: In progress.
    Development status: On hold due to issues with Bus Stuffing driver.
    3-3-17: New homebrew project.
    3-3-17: First pass at title screen graphics and sprites finished.
    7-13-18: "Black Squirrel" revealed to be Chris Walton's port of Bomberman titled "Boom".
     
  • Cosmic Avenger (was "YAUCG")*
    Game graphics: Early mockups.
    Development status: Early development.
    1-30-15: New homebrew project.
    11-2-18: "YAUCG" revealed to be John Champeau's port of Cosmic Avenger.


Homebrews not currently in development, but not completely dead, either:

  • 2600 Toolbox (tentative title)
    Description: At some point, I need to make a Stupid Game Ideas! entry for this. The idea is to vastly expand upon the idea of the Test Cart, including color calibration patterns, hardware tests, sound tests, and various patterns for checking color combinations, flickering, and so forth. The cart can be used to test consoles, set up TVs, and be used by homebrewers and artists while developing new games.
    Development status: I have a list of things I'd like to see in it, I just need to write it all up, then hope a developer finds it interesting enough to pursue. ;)


Inactive Homebrew projects:

  • BurgerTime Arcade (was "Fun With Sawdust")*
    Game graphics: Early development.
    Development status: Early development.
    3-2-18: Added to homebrew list.
    10-19-18: Added to inactive list, due to Chaotic Grill being in active development.


Miscellaneous projects:

  • AtariAge
    Labels for Trak-Ball hacks.
    10-31-15: Initial concepts
    7-4-16: Re-design in progress
    7-6-16: First pass of all labels complete
    7-16-16: Final labels complete
    8-7-16: Scans of original game manuals complete
    10-9-16: Created banner for PRGE showcasing Trak-Ball hacks
    9-30-18: Updated banner for PRGE showcasing Trak-Ball hacks
    11-22-18: Created instruction sheets for Trak-Ball hacks
  • Blog
    More homebreviews. I need to start slogging through a huge backlog of games.
  • ArcadeCinema.net
    Update old MacMAME.net video game movie reviews and redesign website.
  • 2600RM
    I want to build a custom, rack-mountable 2600. Could be expensive... could also be awesome.
  • Tronty-Six Hundred
    An Atari 2600 Tron console mod. Yes - I want to make this happen for real.


* As always, project names that are in quotes are code-names, and not the actual titles.

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Updates:

  • 2-23-20: First pass at AtariVox voices for Gorf now complete. Huge thanks to RevEng for porting his Speakalator app to the Mac, making it possible for me to finally develop AtariVox voices. Also, thanks to AtariAge member Machine for recording gameplay of his arcade Gorf machine for reference, and for his valuable feedback.
  • 2-27-20: Added label artwork for Venture Reloaded to the list. I've had this on my own to-do list for awhile, but hadn't included it here yet.
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On 3/24/2020 at 12:31 AM, Nathan Strum said:

Update:

  • 3-23-20: Added new homebrew project, codenamed "Ambidextrous". Early in development.

Hmmm, I will give this a guess and go with Robotron 2084.

 

Still trying to come up with something for Trash Can.

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1 hour ago, splendidnut said:

I take it that Ambidextrous is Robotron 2084?  :)

Yep! McCallister guessed it back in March. Of course I couldn't say anything at the time. :D 

 

In hindsight, I should've called it "Refrigerator Attack", since the Grunts look like refrigerators. ;) 

On 3/25/2020 at 6:15 AM, McCallister said:

Hmmm, I will give this a guess and go with Robotron 2084.

 

Still trying to come up with something for Trash Can.

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On 5/13/2020 at 10:19 PM, Nathan Strum said:

Yep! McCallister guessed it back in March. Of course I couldn't say anything at the time. :D 

 

In hindsight, I should've called it "Refrigerator Attack", since the Grunts look like refrigerators. ;) 

Yay! After several years, I can finally say I guessed one of these riddles.  Hope you keep them coming!

 

Hmmm, I like Refrigerator Attack.

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1 hour ago, McCallister said:

Yay! After several years, I can finally say I guessed one of these riddles.  Hope you keep them coming!

 

Hmmm, I like Refrigerator Attack.

Thanks! Of course it all depends on the programmers. If I'm asked to be part of an unannounced project, I'll post it here with a code name (unless asked not to). :) 

 

Here's the unused Refrigerator Attack title screen:

 

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Update:

  • 5-9-20: Added new homebrew project, codenamed "Starts with a 'Z'". Early in development - working on first pass at game graphics.
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On 5/19/2020 at 1:56 AM, Nathan Strum said:

Update:

  • 5-9-20: Added new homebrew project, codenamed "Starts with a 'Z'". Early in development - working on first pass at game graphics.

This might be a trap, but I am going to guess ZZyzzyxx.

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I haven't updated this in awhile, but I have been working on some stuff.

 

Updates:

  • 5-23-20: "Starts with a 'Z'"* - First pass at graphics completed.
  • 5-31-20: Venture Reloaded - Label concept and rough illustration completed.
  • 6-17-20: Zoo Keeper - Label concept and rough illustration completed.

Hoping to get the final illustrations for Venture Reloaded and Zoo Keeper knocked out by the end of the month.

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Updates:

  • 8-18-20: "Starts with a 'Z'" officially announced as Zeviouz - Chris Walton's port of Xevious. 
  • 8-18-20: First pass at AtariVox voices for Frantic complete.
  • 8-18-20: Venture Reloaded box artwork revealed. Manual in-progress
  • 8-18-20: Zoo Keeper box artwork revealed. Manual in-progress.

Lots of stuff going on! I'm not even mentioning some of the smaller side-projects like laying out boxes and updating old manuals. I may have to reboot my To-Do List again, just to clean it up a little. Plus, it's been the customary two years since the last time I did it.

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